She said: "Russell just kind of switched. He was like, 'Well you know what? You’re young and you’ve never done anything in your career so you don’t know what you’re ­talking about.'"

She also claims another woman then stepped in to defend Crowe as it escalated: "I said, 'Girl, this is not the right time or place for us to be fighting, like what would happen if I got up and I slapped the s*** out of you, or I took a glass and f***ing threw it at you and you were bleeding all over the place? I would be wrong and we’d all be wrong, and the party would be done."

She says Russell interrupted her and used a racial slur before taking her out of the room by picking her up, throwing her out and spitting on her.

Russell passionately denies any racism, violence or wrongdoing, according to the paper, and says Azealia was the one who turned violent.

Russell claims a female guest jumped to his defence and told the rapper to quieten down.

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Azealia is said to have launched into an N-Word filled rant, where she threatened: "You would love it if I broke my glass, stabbed you guys in the throat, and blood would squirt everywhere like some real Tarantino s***."

At this point she allegedly raised her glass as if she were about to throw it, so Russell removed her from the suite.

On Sunday, Azealia filed a police report of battery but no racism report as her reps say: "There is no charge for being called a racial slur once in the US."

Jim Jefferies has also jumped in to defend Russell, tweeting: "This is 100 per cent the truth.

"I was there, she was out of control. Russell did absolutely nothing wrong. Azealia Banks is a complete liar. I was in the room. Russell Crowe is completely innocent. I would take a lie detector [sic]."

Back in 2002 it was alleged that the actor brawled with the owner of the New Zealand Warriors rugby team after making remarks about their colour.

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